The Republican Presidential Primary debate didn’t really demonstrate anything significant about the seven declared candidates for the nomination other than the fact that Michelle Bachmann raised 23 foster children and that Tim Pawlenty prefers Coke to Pepsi. Way to go CNN! John King asks the tough questions such as, “Elvis or Johnny Cash?” and...
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IHE has a nice article about the multi-blog effort at Our Fair University to spam JuicyCampus into impotency. It’s worth noting that midterms and a general slackening of interest have slowed down the spamming rate, but the campaign must move forward. From their article: group of bloggers at George Washington and elsewhere have...
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I saw this exchange live today. Good job by Paul…
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Just thought I’d clear up a few misunderstandings Pat seems to have about my position on Paul, and respond to a few of his points: I am not angry because someone would dare to criticize Ron Paul (as Bill suggests) but because rather than directing the criticisms towards his political record they are backhanded...
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Being the only defender of Ron Paul on the Patriot staff, I felt my response to Bill and Marc’s criticism’s deserved it’s own post. Due to my connections with the campaign I have tried to stick to posting comments on Paul stories and I refrained from discussing the state of his campaign (when Bill...
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Everyone on the Right knows of (and most on the Right justifiably loathe) the conspiracy theory-tastic John Birch Society. Not including, it would seem, Ron Paul. Reason reports that the Congressman cum reEVOLulationary Presidential candidate is all about Birchism. Reason‘s Dave Weigel quotes Paul in a 2007 interview: I have a lot of friends...
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Among some other newsworthy items that appeared over the past 24 hours, it struck my eye that Ron Paul has announced an impending end to his Presidential effort. Any thoughts from Pat, our Paul insider, on this?
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While it might come off as a bit harsh to that kid, Ron Paul makes a great point. The role of government is not to decide what is good for us. Instead, it should protect us from foreign invasion and provide common goods, such as roads and lighthouses. It’s ridiculous that there is such...
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Lifetime Ratings from the American Conservative Union John McCain: 82.3 Ron Paul: 82.3 Sam Johnson (my congressmen): 98.0 Ted Kennedy: 0
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In answer to an audience question at a YAF meeting, Ann Coulter said: “Ron Paul is very smart. So I don’t want to talk to him too long for fear that he will convince me.”
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